Meaning of CONGESTION

Pronunciation:			kun'jestshun
Medical Dictionary
	Definition:		The presence of excessive blood or fluid, such as mucus, in an organ or tissue.
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	Related Terms:		amplitude, bar, barrier, blank wall, blind alley, blind gut, block, blockade, blockage, bottleneck, cecum, choking, choking off, clog, closeness, compactness, congestedness, consistence, consistency, constipation, costiveness, crowdedness, cul-de-sac, dead end, denseness, density, embolism, embolus, engorgement, firmness, flood tide, full, fullness, gluiness, glut, gorge, hardness, high tide, high water, hyperemia, impasse, impediment, impenetrability, impermeability, impletion, imporosity, incompressibility, infarct, infarction, jam, jammedness, obstacle, obstipation, obstruction, overbrimming, overburden, overcharge, overflow, overfreight, overfullness, overload, overspill, overweight, plenitude, plethora, relative density, repletion, satiety, saturation, saturation point, sealing off, solidity, solidness, specific gravity, spissitude, spring tide, stop, stoppage, strangulation, supersaturation, surcharge, surfeit, thickness, viscidity, viscosity, viscousness